Letters to the editor: Media miss march for life

The approximately 1,000 who marched for gun control in Washington recently were given much attention by the broadcast and print media, but the 500,000 participants in last month’s March for Life received virtually no mention by the major networks and news agencies. Ironically, both marches were motivated by the same horrific reality: the murder of innocent children. Twenty young ones were killed in one day in Newtown, Conn., and thousands of younger ones are killed every day in abortion clinics. I would like to thank and call attention to the 23 students from Regina High School, as well as those from DeLaSalle and other area schools, who were among the tens of thousands of young people who participated in the March for Life on Jan. 25.

Mother Teresa said, “Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.” Since killing the unborn was legalized in 1973, there have been many more incidents of violent attacks in schools, college campuses and theatres. Our country seems to have lost respect for human life, and the media contributes to the conspiracy of silence when they do not recognize the witness of those who are attempting to restore a culture of life for all of our children.

HANK FORYS

Chesterfield Township

Moral breakdown fuels crime

People wonder why incidents such as the Sandy Hook shootings occur. Pundits look for easy fixes such as gun control. The real reason is obvious: our morals have completely deteriorated. Break the law, and instead of being punished, the accused gets away with what they originally wanted (Obama’s immigration policy).

I would be 100 percent supportive of the president on immigration reform if he first took care of the countless American-born youngsters looking for a chance to have “the American way of life.”

Before anything else, he should give American-born kids all that he promised to “Alan,” whose parents came here illegally. I am 100 percent against the president’s immigration proposal.

The president should take care of Americans first. When that’s accomplished, he could consider this amnest) immigration reform.

ANNA R. TYLOWSKI

Sterling Heights

Evaluate school systems equally

Michigan now has three school systems: public schools, charter schools and Education Achievement Authority schools. To properly evaluate those systems there should be equal testing and reporting of their results. No one group should be singled out and be given preferential treatment. Our elected Republican leaders began this three system approach and they should now examine the results on an equal footing. Unlimited charter schools may not be the proper answer to improved education. Several states are going to a longer public school year. JOHN LANMAN New Baltimore